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Android 4.26.0: Configurable live playback latency and modernized components

Android SDK 4.26.0 adds configurable live playback latency and modernizes core playback and advertising components. This release also improves playlist replay, Picture-in-Picture, DAI, Chromecast, and caption behavior.

New Features

A new PlaylistItem.liveSyncDuration property lets you configure how far behind the live edge playback targets.
The core playback architecture has been upgraded to AndroidX Media3 (ExoPlayer) 1.10.0, including media source creation, and side-loaded caption handling.
The Google IMA SDK has been upgraded to version 3.39.0, with added timeout protection for ad requests.

Bug Fixes

Playlist items configured with startTime now apply the value only to initial playback. Repeated playback begins from the start of the item.
The player UI is correctly hidden when the system automatically enters Picture-in-Picture mode.
Content can automatically enter Picture-in-Picture mode when an app is backgrounded on Android 12 and later.
Skipping a playlist item during a DAI ad no longer causes the player to crash.
Captions remain available after connecting to a Chromecast device and can be disabled during casting.

today

Localize vertical video discovery

Vertical video discovery labels now automatically display in English, Spanish, or French, with CSS overrides available for other languages or custom wording.

New Feature

The vertical video discovery experience automatically displays labels in English, Spanish, or French based on the page’s <html lang> attribute and the viewer’s browser language. If neither identifies a supported language, the labels default to English.

You can also use CSS custom properties to provide labels in another language or customize individual labels. These overrides apply across all display modes and replace the built-in translation for each overridden label.

Learn more about vertical video localization.

3 days ago

View media version history through the Management API

Use the v2 Management API to retrieve media versions and identify a media asset’s active version.

New Feature

You can now retrieve a list of media versions for a media item and get information about a specific media version through the v2 Management API.

A media version represents a distinct uploaded version of a media asset. When an asset is re-uploaded, a new version is created. Only one version can be active at a time.

a week ago

Key Value Pair Management for Dynamic Strategy Rules

We've introduced a new Key value pairs (KVPs) registry that centralizes the keys used across your Strategy Rules and related workflows.

New Feature

You can now define a key once at the property level and reuse it throughout the JWX Platform wherever Strategy Rules accept a key, including:

Condition branches
Media curation
Advertising configurations
Triggers and audio experiences

This update helps standardize key usage, reduces configuration errors, and makes it easier to manage viewer targeting and personalization across your property.

Existing Strategy Rules configurations and on-page jwDataStore implementations continue to work as before and do not require any changes.

Learn more about creating and managing key value pairs (KVPs).

a week ago

Analyze FAST channel performance with Channel ID

FAST analytics now include a Channel ID field, making it easier to attribute streaming and ad insertion activity to individual FAST channels.

New Feature

A new Channel ID (channel_id) parameter is now available in FAST analytics, giving you a unique identifier for each FAST channel (also known as a Pop-up Channel). The parameter is populated only for VOD or live media items that belong to a FAST channel and is NULL for all other media items.

The channel_id column is available across the following analytics datasets:

FAST channel data is also available in the JWX dashboard:

Custom reports include a new FAST Channel (Yes/No) dimension.
The Analytics Overview page now lets you filter the Streaming and Ad Insertion tabs by FAST channel from the Media format filter.

a week ago

Refine playback custom reports with dedicated tag and custom parameter filters

Playback custom reports now provide dedicated filters for tags and custom parameters, letting you include or exclude media items based on specific tags or custom parameters.

New Feature

We’ve replaced the previous filter for tags and custom parameters with the following dedicated filters:

Custom Param Name List Filter (Per Media)
Custom Param Value List Filter (Per Media)
Full Custom Param List Filter (Per Media)
Tag List Filter (Per Media)

When applying these filters, select contains or doesn’t contain to include or exclude matching media items.

Existing reports that use the previous filter must be updated to use one of the new filters to continue working.

Learn more about creating and managing playback custom reports.

2 weeks ago

Share specific videos from Vertical Video

We’ve added a Share button setting to Vertical Video, making it easier for viewers to share specific videos with others.

New Feature

When configuring a Vertical Video experience, you can display a button that generates a shareable URL for the current video. Opening the URL begins the Vertical Video experience directly on that video.

Learn more about enabling the Share button.

2 weeks ago

View and select motion thumbnails from reuploaded videos

Dashboard users can now view all motion thumbnails generated during a reupload and select one to use as the poster image.

New Feature

For reuploaded media items, dashboard users can view the motion thumbnails generated from the first 10 seconds of the uploaded video and select one to promote as the poster image.

Management API users can access this existing functionality through the List thumbnails and Update a thumbnail endpoints.

3 weeks ago

New Data Sharing Dataset for Site Daily Usage

Use this new dataset to gain more insights about site daily usage.

New Feature

You can now easily access daily rollups of your site daily usage data through a single dataset. See Site Daily Usage Data to learn more.

a month ago

Playback Custom Reports Availability Expanded

Playback custom reports are now available by default to select accounts, making it easier to analyze player traffic data and build reports around viewer engagement.

New Feature

You can now create custom playback reports directly in the dashboard. Playback custom reports help you explore player performance, customize reporting fields and filters, and export or schedule reports for offline analysis and sharing.

Playback custom reports support:

Daily reports for session-level playback analysis
Monthly reports for longer-term playback trends
Custom report fields and filters
CSV exports and scheduled report delivery

Enterprise customers interested in playback custom reports can contact their JWX representatives to learn more about availability.

Learn how to create playback custom reports.